The eminent British physicist has issued this seemingly troubling pronouncement ex cathedra: Stephen Hawking: God was not needed to create the Universe. Though some may find this disillusioning, others will easily (and gratefully) recognize the measure of truth in his conclusion:Because there . . . . Continue Reading »
A story from last week, but I just saw it and pass it along for those in the same situation: Over 100 Groups Urge Congress to Preserve Religious Hiring Rights . More than 100 religious organizations are urging members of Congress to reject pending legislation that would prohibit them from . . . . Continue Reading »
I have nothing to say about the valedictory remarks of Christina Romer, the departing chair of President Obama’s Council of Economic Advisors:She had no idea how bad the economic collapse would be. She still doesn’t understand exactly why it was so bad. The response to the collapse was . . . . Continue Reading »
Rest isn’t exactly what we usually think, writes R.R. Reno in The Deepest Rest of Restless Man . We sometimes speak of those who have died as finally at rest, or as resting in peace. It’s not a negative image, but then again it’s not positive either. Most of us would rather keep at . . . . Continue Reading »
The following thought experiment is used to explore some basic assumptions currently held in the field of bioethics. As with any such hypothetical scenario, a certain degree of liberty is taken with what is considered within the realm of possibility. Some people may complain that I have stretched . . . . Continue Reading »
NICE—the rationing board for the UK’s NHS—is the model that Obamacare’s major supporters want for us, and the potential to create such centralized control was passed under Obamacare. For example, Former Senator Tom Daschle, described by the NYT as the most influential . . . . Continue Reading »
Popular in requiems and funereal music, 1 Corinthians 15:55 can rouse tear-sodden lids, but sees only the rarest treatment in music’s popular genres. To dispatch with this dilemma, poet David Musgrave has infused the verse with new musical nuance in a poem titled “On the Inevitable . . . . Continue Reading »
There is a hostage drama ongoing in which a man—apparently an enviro nut—has invaded the Discovery Channel (of all places) to make demands. From the story:Lee appears to have posted environmental and population-control demands online, saying humans are ruining the planet and . . . . Continue Reading »
Alex Knepper is an undergraduate at American University, and he’s not gonna take it any more. In a forcefully written denunciation of what he diagnoses as a mindless anti-conservatism at the root of the Leftist mentality, ” The roots of the left’s love affair with Islam ,” . . . . Continue Reading »
My colleague at the Discovery Institute—Bruce Chapman, our fearless leader—has brought up a point that I think deserves more attention. In the wake of the Mark Hauser scandal at Harvard—who may have falsified evidence of monkey moral reasoning—Bruce asks two important . . . . Continue Reading »
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